Ectopic Cushing' syndrome caused by a neuroendocrine carcinoma of the mesentery

BACKGROUND: ACTH overproduction within the pituitary gland or ectopically leads to hypercortisolism. Here, we report the first case of Cushing' syndrome caused by an ectopic ACTH-secreting neuroendocrine carcinoma of the mesentery. Moreover, diagnostic procedures and pitfalls associated with ec...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Fasshauer, Mathias, Lincke, Thomas, Witzigmann, Helmut, Kluge, Regine, Tannapfel, Andrea, Moche, Michael, Buchfelder, Michael, Petersenn, Stephan, Kratzsch, Juergen, Paschke, Ralf, Koch, Christian A
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: BioMed Central 2006
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Case Report
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1464147/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16643652
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-6-108
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